G06K 13/0856
The locking arrangement comprising a notch in the card and a complementary
Official title: {the locking arrangement comprising a notch in the card and a complementary locking means in the card reading station}
G06K13/0856 (The locking arrangement comprising a notch in the card and a complementary) appears on 75 US grants and 69 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
- 75
- Published applications
- 69
- Assignees
- 45
- Inventors
- 141
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 5 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 10 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Removable memory card with efficient card lock mechanism, XY ratios, anti-reverse insertion feature, pullout feature, and pads layout28 Apr 2026US 12,614,047 B2SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Card connector having two sliding members12 Dec 2023US 11,843,199 B2Chiun Hui Technology Co., Ltd.
- Removable memory card with efficient card lock mechanism and pads layout16 May 2023US 11,653,463 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Connector device having multi-receiving part1 Jun 2021US 11,024,994 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Tray12 Jan 2021US 10,891,532 B2Jae Hong Kong, Ltd.
- Removable Memory Card with Efficient Card Lock Mechanism, XY Ratios, Anti-Reverse Insertion Feature, Pullout Feature, and Pads Layout1 May 2025US 2025/0139395 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Card connector14 Apr 2022US 2022/0115812 A1Chiun Hui Technology Co., Ltd.
- Removable Memory Card with Efficient Card Lock Mechanism and Pads Layout25 Nov 2021US 2021/0368636 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Connector device having multi-receiving part25 Mar 2021US 2021/0091492 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Button assembly19 Nov 2020US 2020/0366327 A1Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Memory card and receptacle for same81US 6,109,939 ASony Corporation · 2000
- Card connector60US 6,394,827 B2Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Information processing apparatus and a card-shaped adapter for smaller and larger storage medium46US 5,889,649 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999
- Memory card, and receptacle for same42US 6,361,369 B1Sony Corporation · 2002
- IC card connector having IC card ejection mechanism40US 6,270,365 B1Alps Electric Co., Ltd. · 2001